SA organics sector analysis

Green Industries SA has a strategic priority to recover and process food and organic waste.

This analysis of the organics sector, the first such study in South Australia, sought to  measure the South Australian organics processing sector’s current economic and  environmental contribution and its capacity to support further transition to a circular
economy and potential new opportunities.

A circular economy is one in which economic activity drives society-wide benefits, building economic, natural and social capital. It is an alternative to the current take-make-waste extractive industrial model and is based on three principles:

• Designing out waste and pollution
• Keeping products and materials in use
• Regenerating natural systems